“The Queen In Me” is set to explore the many ways that race, gender, and sexuality are represented, and often policed, in the opera industry. The new co-production from the Canadian Opera Company, Amplified Opera, Nightwood Theatre, and Theatre Gargantua was created by and stars interdisciplinary artist Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野. The production will be featured as a Major Cultural Event {…}
Canadian Opera Company has announced that it will honor Asian Heritage Month throughout the month of May. The company will present the “Showcase Series,” which features curated performances that explore Toronto’s cultural landscape. The Asian Heritage Month slate will feature a wide range of performances at the Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts and Bradshaw Amphitheatre. “The Showcase Series aims {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced its 2022-23 season featuring seven productions and a world premiere. The season kicks off with Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” directed by Christopher Alden and stars Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter. The cast also includes Marjorie Owens as Senta, Franz-Josef Selig, Miles Mykkanen, Christopher Ventris, and Rosie Aldridge. COC Music Director Johannes Debus leads the {…}
To celebrate its 70-year anniversary, the Canadian Opera Company is set to present Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” this May. The opera will be performed at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts and feature Canadian director Anna Theodosakis leading the revival of the audience favorite. “I’m excited to welcome families and opera lovers back with this timeless fairytale,” said Theodosakis {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to showcase Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting on April 23, 2022. The production will feature Amina Edris, Matthew Polenzani, Simone Piazzola, Jamie Groote, Jonah Spungin, Gregory Dahl, Midori Marsh, and Vartan Gabrielian. The creative team will include conductor Johannes Debus, director Arin Arbus, set designer Riccardo Hernández, puppet and costume designer Cait O’Connor, lighting designer {…}
The Canadian Opera Company’s in-person Summer Opera Camps returns this July 2022. The annual program provides youths and teens with the opportunity to make new friends, discover new interests, build self-confidence, and have plenty of fun. The camp experience will offer a number of options and this year the COC introduces the Summer Opera Intensive. The one-week program, intended for advanced {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to hold its second annual “Fine Wine Auction.” The event, which is presented in partnership with Iron Gate Auctions, will take place online from April 5 – 12, 2022 and will allow winner lovers around the country to acquire some of the world’s finest vintages. The auction’s proceeds will go directly to supporting the {…}
The Canadian Opera Company reopens the doors to the recently renovated Canadian Opera Company Theatre with “Fantasma,” a new work by composer former COC Composer-in-Residence Ian Cusson and playwright Colleen Murphy. The world premiere opera follows best friends Léa and Ivy, as they stumble upon a dark secret when visiting a boisterous, old-fashioned carnival. The opera will feature a number {…}
The Canadian Opera Company is set to close its season with “The Magic Flute.” The company’s production will be directed by Canadian director Ashlie Corcoran and will star Turkish-Austrian tenor Ilker Arcayürek in the role of Tamino and Norwegian soprano Caroline Wettergreen as the Queen of the Night. The cast will also include Canadian bass-baritone Gordon Bintner as Papageno, David {…}
The Canadian Opera Company has announced a collaborative approach to land acknowledgment. In commissioning Indigenous artists to co-create a visual land acknowledgment and artist statement together with a COC staff member, the program invites each participant to bring their own personal perspectives and relationships to the work. In a statement, COC General Director Perryn Leech said, “We hope that when {…}
The Cancadian Opera Company has announced the cancellation of its live-audience performances of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” The company noted that due to the surge in COVID-19, the production which was slated to run from Feb. 4 – 25, 2022 at the Four Seasons Centre, will now be made available as a free digital presentation to current 2021-22 COC subscription holders {…}